1 00:00:18,373 --> 00:00:19,416 (LEE GRUNTING) 2 00:00:28,008 --> 00:00:32,179 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 3 00:00:32,763 --> 00:00:34,056 LEE: Hey! 4 00:00:35,223 --> 00:00:36,892 How long have I... 5 00:00:37,351 --> 00:00:40,020 Blunt force trauma to the head did the fatal damage. 6 00:00:40,145 --> 00:00:41,855 Since the accident, he's had a continuous... 7 00:00:42,022 --> 00:00:45,651 LEE: Can't get up. What's wrong with my legs? 8 00:00:46,693 --> 00:00:49,446 Hey, someone talk to me! 9 00:00:49,988 --> 00:00:52,324 Hey, you don't hear me talking to you? 10 00:00:52,866 --> 00:00:54,785 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 11 00:00:56,119 --> 00:00:57,329 (SIGHS) 12 00:00:57,454 --> 00:00:58,789 Great heart for transplant. 13 00:00:58,914 --> 00:00:59,873 LEE: Who? 14 00:01:00,207 --> 00:01:03,710 My heart? Oh, God. They don't know I'm in here. 15 00:01:03,835 --> 00:01:08,173 HOUSE: Hey, genius. I think it violates certain ethical laws 16 00:01:08,382 --> 00:01:10,550 to rip the organs out of a guy that's still alive. 17 00:01:10,801 --> 00:01:12,260 Possibly certain law laws, too. 18 00:01:12,386 --> 00:01:13,345 LEE: Thank you. 19 00:01:13,470 --> 00:01:16,598 Could you get back in your bed, please, Mr. House? 20 00:01:16,723 --> 00:01:17,683 HOUSE: It's actually Dr. House. 21 00:01:17,808 --> 00:01:18,767 LEE: This guy's a doctor? 22 00:01:18,892 --> 00:01:20,852 There's also a Navy SEAL House, 23 00:01:20,977 --> 00:01:22,229 but you're gonna have to save up for that one. 24 00:01:22,354 --> 00:01:24,648 Really? Well, that's interesting, 25 00:01:24,773 --> 00:01:26,233 but you're here because you crashed your motorcycle, 26 00:01:26,358 --> 00:01:29,444 not because I need a consult, so get back in bed. 27 00:01:29,611 --> 00:01:32,155 HOUSE: Scraped my elbow. Just need a truckload of Vicodin. 28 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,199 - Whereas this guy... - He's brain dead. 29 00:01:34,324 --> 00:01:35,367 LEE: No, I'm not! 30 00:01:35,492 --> 00:01:37,035 So drop it. 31 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:38,537 HOUSE: See that? 32 00:01:38,662 --> 00:01:40,747 KURTZ: Minimal brain waves don't mean he's alive. 33 00:01:40,872 --> 00:01:43,458 LEE: I am alive. I'm here. 34 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:45,293 No EEG response to painful stimuli, hot or cold. 35 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:47,546 What you're seeing is random, barely discernable. 36 00:01:47,671 --> 00:01:48,505 HOUSE: I discerned it. 37 00:01:48,630 --> 00:01:49,673 LEE: Listen to him. Please. 38 00:01:49,798 --> 00:01:52,134 No. That's just the amplifier's internal noise level. 39 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:53,427 It's on increased sensitivity. 40 00:01:53,552 --> 00:01:55,637 LEE: No, no, no, it's not! It's me. 41 00:01:55,762 --> 00:01:57,139 HOUSE: Then why is his eye following you? 42 00:01:57,264 --> 00:01:58,098 LEE: Exactly. 43 00:01:58,223 --> 00:02:00,183 Following motion is an involuntary reflex. 44 00:02:00,308 --> 00:02:01,143 LEE: No. 45 00:02:01,268 --> 00:02:02,144 You're a doctor, 46 00:02:02,269 --> 00:02:03,520 you should know these things. 47 00:02:03,645 --> 00:02:07,482 LEE: No, no. I'm not dead. I need help. I'm here. 48 00:02:09,568 --> 00:02:12,446 I also know about locked-in syndrome. 49 00:02:12,988 --> 00:02:18,243 And things are either involuntary or voluntary. 50 00:02:20,454 --> 00:02:21,955 Blink if you can hear me. 51 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,623 LEE: I hear you. 52 00:02:25,125 --> 00:02:27,210 Oh. This is gonna be fun. 53 00:03:05,874 --> 00:03:07,793 Eye movement is deliberate. 54 00:03:08,627 --> 00:03:11,880 Can you blink once for yes, twice for no? 55 00:03:12,005 --> 00:03:13,131 LEE: I hope so. 56 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,675 HOUSE: Square root of nine? 57 00:03:19,262 --> 00:03:23,016 He got that faster than you. Brain is fully functional. 58 00:03:23,141 --> 00:03:24,518 LEE: Where's Molly? 59 00:03:24,643 --> 00:03:26,019 You were in an accident. 60 00:03:29,940 --> 00:03:32,484 Lee, hit the brake. Hit the brake. Hit the brake. 61 00:03:33,318 --> 00:03:36,154 You sustained a traumatic injury to your brain stem, 62 00:03:36,279 --> 00:03:37,656 which has cut off your brain's ability 63 00:03:37,781 --> 00:03:39,282 to communicate with the rest of your body. 64 00:03:39,407 --> 00:03:41,827 LEE: Can you fix me? Where's Molly? 65 00:03:41,952 --> 00:03:43,870 You still have movement in your eyes, 66 00:03:43,995 --> 00:03:45,622 so we can get you to a rehab facility 67 00:03:45,747 --> 00:03:47,165 where they can teach you how to communicate. 68 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:49,751 LEE: No, I can't be stuck like this. 69 00:03:49,876 --> 00:03:53,672 HOUSE: Unless the crash didn't cause the brain damage. 70 00:03:54,256 --> 00:03:56,800 Maybe the brain damage caused the crash. 71 00:03:56,925 --> 00:04:01,096 LEE: Yeah. I couldn't stop. Why couldn't I stop? 72 00:04:01,221 --> 00:04:03,723 Look at his palms. No scrapes. 73 00:04:06,017 --> 00:04:08,937 He didn't even try to protect himself. 74 00:04:09,062 --> 00:04:11,398 Suggests slowed reflexes or no reflexes. 75 00:04:11,523 --> 00:04:14,025 You're not a doctor in this hospital, you are a patient. 76 00:04:14,150 --> 00:04:16,695 LEE: Yeah. And you're the guy who wants to cut out my organs 77 00:04:16,820 --> 00:04:17,946 and he's the guy who doesn't. 78 00:04:18,071 --> 00:04:19,072 Stroke, cancer, 79 00:04:19,197 --> 00:04:22,868 even a simple infection, anything that insults the central pons could do this. 80 00:04:22,993 --> 00:04:24,202 LEE: Then that means I could be fixed. 81 00:04:24,327 --> 00:04:25,871 KURTZ: You're giving him false hope. 82 00:04:25,996 --> 00:04:28,707 He needs to accept what's happened 83 00:04:28,832 --> 00:04:30,876 and work on making the most of it. 84 00:04:40,969 --> 00:04:42,304 LEE: Molly. 85 00:04:42,429 --> 00:04:43,638 Hey. 86 00:04:44,848 --> 00:04:47,934 LEE: Don't look at me like that. That's not making me feel better. 87 00:04:49,394 --> 00:04:50,729 (SNIFFLING) I love you. 88 00:04:51,897 --> 00:04:55,567 I don't know how God is gonna get us through this, but he will. 89 00:04:55,692 --> 00:04:57,736 Stop it, I'm blushing. 90 00:04:57,986 --> 00:04:59,362 KURTZ: What are you doing? 91 00:04:59,487 --> 00:05:02,574 Just looking for some reading material for the crapper. 92 00:05:02,699 --> 00:05:05,952 - These CTs... - Get back in your bed. Come on. 93 00:05:06,077 --> 00:05:08,580 The children are in the waiting area. Can I bring them in? 94 00:05:08,705 --> 00:05:10,749 LEE: No. No, don't. 95 00:05:10,874 --> 00:05:12,459 You don't wanna see them? 96 00:05:12,584 --> 00:05:14,044 LEE: I don't want them having nightmares. 97 00:05:14,169 --> 00:05:15,670 I don't wanna scare them, Molly. 98 00:05:15,795 --> 00:05:17,589 You don't want them to see you? 99 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:23,011 It's okay. I understand. 100 00:05:23,136 --> 00:05:24,179 (SIGHS) 101 00:05:24,846 --> 00:05:26,640 You're gonna be better soon enough. 102 00:05:27,182 --> 00:05:29,017 LEE: You really that sure? 103 00:05:29,601 --> 00:05:32,062 Why are you so sure, babe? How do you get so sure? 104 00:05:38,902 --> 00:05:40,362 FOREMAN: Are you okay? 105 00:05:40,487 --> 00:05:41,529 HOUSE: Never better. 106 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:42,614 Here's your burger. 107 00:05:45,492 --> 00:05:49,829 If you can't bring Mohammed to Princeton, bring Princeton to Mohammed. 108 00:05:49,955 --> 00:05:52,415 It's my diagnostics posse. 109 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:54,292 Hot, dark and darker. 110 00:05:54,417 --> 00:05:56,044 LEE: Talk about getting me better, please. 111 00:05:56,169 --> 00:05:57,170 What are you doing up in Middletown? 112 00:05:57,295 --> 00:05:58,129 LEE: Who cares? 113 00:05:58,254 --> 00:06:00,924 Buying a Gibson '57 Goldtop. 114 00:06:01,049 --> 00:06:03,176 It's the guitar Duane Allman used to play. 115 00:06:03,301 --> 00:06:05,470 FOREMAN: Next to the trauma, the most likely causes of 116 00:06:05,595 --> 00:06:07,722 a sudden onset of locked-in syndrome 117 00:06:07,847 --> 00:06:09,683 are basilar artery stroke and brain hemorrhage. 118 00:06:09,808 --> 00:06:10,892 CT was clean. 119 00:06:11,017 --> 00:06:12,018 LEE: Man, those fries look good. 120 00:06:12,143 --> 00:06:12,978 FOREMAN: Certain circulatory diseases. 121 00:06:13,103 --> 00:06:15,605 Guy's an active bike rider, his heart's fine. 122 00:06:15,730 --> 00:06:17,482 A well-placed tumor could explain it. 123 00:06:17,607 --> 00:06:20,902 LEE: Jeez, is the last thing I ate gonna be the last thing I ate? 124 00:06:21,027 --> 00:06:24,280 It could evade the CT, and still show up on an MRI with contrast. 125 00:06:24,406 --> 00:06:26,199 LEE: It was a melted PowerBar. 126 00:06:26,324 --> 00:06:27,409 She's the smart one. 127 00:06:27,534 --> 00:06:29,953 I just keep dark and darker to fill out the quota. 128 00:06:30,954 --> 00:06:34,916 If we find it, treat it, you can be fine. 129 00:06:36,001 --> 00:06:38,086 LEE: I never thought I'd be praying for a brain tumor, 130 00:06:38,211 --> 00:06:39,879 but please, dear God. 131 00:06:40,964 --> 00:06:44,009 If you're praying in there, stop it right now. 132 00:06:44,134 --> 00:06:45,760 We'll get his doctor to order an MRI. 133 00:06:45,885 --> 00:06:47,012 HOUSE: His doctor's busy teaching him 134 00:06:47,137 --> 00:06:49,723 how to blink out "kill me" in Morse code. 135 00:06:50,432 --> 00:06:54,185 Luckily, I found some forms under the mattress. 136 00:06:58,231 --> 00:07:01,026 KUTNER: Check it out, they have those MRI video goggles. 137 00:07:01,151 --> 00:07:04,029 I heard these were awesome. THIRTEEN: What do you see? 138 00:07:04,154 --> 00:07:05,447 KUTNER: It's a beach. 139 00:07:05,989 --> 00:07:07,991 Oh, look. There's Taub. 140 00:07:08,116 --> 00:07:12,037 Drinking a margarita and mocking us for driving all the way up here 141 00:07:12,162 --> 00:07:14,789 - because House said "jump." - LEE: Easy. I can still feel in here. 142 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:18,460 Excuse Dr. Kutner. He gets a little excited about new technology. 143 00:07:18,585 --> 00:07:21,421 It can get loud in there, and a little closed off. 144 00:07:21,546 --> 00:07:24,049 These will put you in a quiet place. 145 00:07:24,174 --> 00:07:26,718 You can create a relaxing scenario for yourself. 146 00:07:26,843 --> 00:07:29,763 LEE: I hope they work. 147 00:07:29,888 --> 00:07:31,097 Wow. 148 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:41,608 You're in my relaxing scenario? 149 00:07:43,026 --> 00:07:44,319 I guess you like me. 150 00:07:45,612 --> 00:07:47,947 Either that or you got sent here. 151 00:07:48,073 --> 00:07:49,824 What, by God? 152 00:07:49,949 --> 00:07:52,494 I'm not sure if I believe in God. 153 00:07:52,619 --> 00:07:55,747 You spend an awful lot of time in church for someone who doesn't. 154 00:07:57,582 --> 00:07:59,334 I don't not believe either. 155 00:08:00,210 --> 00:08:02,420 It's either one or the other. 156 00:08:02,545 --> 00:08:05,298 I go to church mainly to keep my wife happy, but... 157 00:08:06,925 --> 00:08:08,218 I don't know. I've never actually thought that 158 00:08:08,343 --> 00:08:10,804 God could reach out and affect my life. 159 00:08:10,929 --> 00:08:15,767 But getting a brilliant doctor in the bed next to me... 160 00:08:15,892 --> 00:08:19,813 God is also the guy who opened his car door in front of you. 161 00:08:19,938 --> 00:08:21,314 I think Molly was right. 162 00:08:21,648 --> 00:08:24,109 I think you were sent here to make me get better. 163 00:08:25,610 --> 00:08:26,569 I think so. 164 00:08:32,617 --> 00:08:33,743 Hey. 165 00:08:35,495 --> 00:08:37,872 Hey, Dad. Making a volcano. 166 00:08:37,997 --> 00:08:41,209 Yeah. You're making a volcano. Looks like it. What you doing, baby? 167 00:08:41,668 --> 00:08:43,419 (DOOR OPENING) 168 00:08:45,839 --> 00:08:47,423 LEE: What time is it? 169 00:08:47,549 --> 00:08:51,511 Hope you don't mind. My new roommate snores. 170 00:08:51,636 --> 00:08:55,306 And my new room doesn't have you. 171 00:08:56,724 --> 00:09:00,311 Your MRI showed a lesion in the central pons. 172 00:09:00,436 --> 00:09:02,105 LEE: What is that? What does that mean? 173 00:09:02,230 --> 00:09:03,273 See it there? 174 00:09:03,398 --> 00:09:04,232 LEE: No. 175 00:09:06,693 --> 00:09:08,194 Yeah, that's what they said. 176 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,366 But it's there, which means no way head trauma did this. 177 00:09:13,783 --> 00:09:17,579 It's cancer, causing a paraneoplastic syndrome. 178 00:09:17,704 --> 00:09:19,789 Unfortunately, your current doctor thinks 179 00:09:19,914 --> 00:09:22,917 its diffused nature means an infection. 180 00:09:23,042 --> 00:09:25,712 Now, the bad news is the antivirals 181 00:09:25,837 --> 00:09:28,756 he's got you on might kill you. 182 00:09:28,882 --> 00:09:29,841 LEE: I'm not gonna die. 183 00:09:29,966 --> 00:09:33,386 The good news is, if they just almost kill you, 184 00:09:33,511 --> 00:09:37,682 then Dr. Idiot will realize that his name is not a coincidence, 185 00:09:37,807 --> 00:09:39,601 and he'll let me do whatever I want. 186 00:09:39,726 --> 00:09:40,643 LEE: Thank you. 187 00:09:44,230 --> 00:09:45,940 See, the irony here is, 188 00:09:47,692 --> 00:09:49,402 you're kind of fascinating. 189 00:09:50,695 --> 00:09:52,488 So many questions. 190 00:09:53,364 --> 00:09:55,033 But if you could answer any of them, 191 00:09:55,158 --> 00:09:56,701 then you wouldn't be fascinating. 192 00:09:56,826 --> 00:09:59,829 LEE: I get it. You're a little nuts, aren't you? 193 00:10:03,499 --> 00:10:05,877 Your wife is the one getting you through this. 194 00:10:06,002 --> 00:10:07,837 Your wife and me. 195 00:10:09,797 --> 00:10:12,342 Although, frankly, the MRI was a lot more useful 196 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:14,469 than four hours of hand holding. 197 00:10:15,803 --> 00:10:17,430 I think. 198 00:10:18,514 --> 00:10:20,642 LEE: If he had a wife, he'd know it matters. 199 00:10:21,809 --> 00:10:25,104 You're a good guy. Easy to talk to. 200 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:29,400 LEE: Wait, something's happening. What's happening to me? 201 00:10:29,525 --> 00:10:31,653 HOUSE: Need some help in here. 202 00:10:31,778 --> 00:10:33,655 Your patient is seizing. 203 00:10:36,324 --> 00:10:37,825 Why would he have a seizure? 204 00:10:37,951 --> 00:10:39,369 HOUSE: Because he has cancer. 205 00:10:39,494 --> 00:10:40,662 His brain stem is compromised. 206 00:10:40,787 --> 00:10:43,331 LEE: Why are you still arguing with this guy? You thought I was dead. 207 00:10:43,456 --> 00:10:45,667 Welcome back. And nicely played. 208 00:10:45,792 --> 00:10:49,587 You almost died, exactly as we planned. 209 00:10:49,712 --> 00:10:51,005 You knew this was gonna happen? 210 00:10:51,130 --> 00:10:54,676 Usually happens when you treat cancer by pretending it's not cancer. 211 00:10:54,801 --> 00:10:57,553 - Right, Doctor? My turn? - It's cancer? 212 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:58,638 - No, it isn't. - LEE: Yes. 213 00:10:58,763 --> 00:11:01,849 Small tumor in his brain stem causing paraneoplastic syndrome. 214 00:11:01,975 --> 00:11:04,769 - He needs plasmapheresis. - Can you give that to him? 215 00:11:04,894 --> 00:11:06,938 No, no, I'm sorry. I completely disagree with Dr. House. 216 00:11:07,063 --> 00:11:08,022 LEE: Please shut up! 217 00:11:08,147 --> 00:11:09,315 I don't. 218 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,567 Which means I can treat him. 219 00:11:11,693 --> 00:11:13,444 LEE: Let him. Let him. 220 00:11:13,569 --> 00:11:14,904 Is that what you want? 221 00:11:15,029 --> 00:11:16,572 LEE: Absolutely. 222 00:11:18,116 --> 00:11:20,159 Could you send up a couple of bellboys? 223 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:26,999 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 224 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,751 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 225 00:11:30,753 --> 00:11:34,424 I got the transfer papers, plasmapheresis is all set up. 226 00:11:34,549 --> 00:11:35,550 Are you okay? 227 00:11:35,675 --> 00:11:38,428 Fresh infusion of macho. You like? 228 00:11:38,553 --> 00:11:41,556 LEE: I can't move, and she's worried about his boo-boo? 229 00:11:41,681 --> 00:11:43,141 What were you doing up there anyway? 230 00:11:43,266 --> 00:11:44,684 Antiquing. 231 00:11:44,809 --> 00:11:46,519 Found you a late Victorian corset. 232 00:11:46,644 --> 00:11:47,937 Come by later. I'll tie you up. 233 00:11:48,062 --> 00:11:52,150 LEE: He hitting on her? If she turns around, she's into him, too. 234 00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:53,484 And there you have it. 235 00:11:53,609 --> 00:11:55,653 Sorry, I didn't show up in Middletown. I didn't get the message. 236 00:11:55,778 --> 00:11:57,613 Probably 'cause there was no message. 237 00:11:57,739 --> 00:12:00,199 I decided to accept your resignation. 238 00:12:00,325 --> 00:12:02,785 Uh, I thought we were past this. I decided to stay. 239 00:12:02,910 --> 00:12:04,829 HOUSE: No, you didn't, you had it decided for you. 240 00:12:04,954 --> 00:12:06,414 So now you're stuck here with a boss 241 00:12:06,539 --> 00:12:08,416 who knows that you wanna be somewhere else. 242 00:12:08,541 --> 00:12:10,418 Which means you're no longer motivated to impress me. 243 00:12:10,543 --> 00:12:13,463 Which means you're no longer motivated to come up with good ideas. 244 00:12:13,588 --> 00:12:15,006 Unless I'm wrong. 245 00:12:15,757 --> 00:12:18,968 Save the cheerleader, save your world. 246 00:12:20,261 --> 00:12:21,095 I got it from here. 247 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:22,597 LEE: I thought you already solved this. 248 00:12:22,722 --> 00:12:25,016 You thinking you might be wrong? 249 00:12:25,141 --> 00:12:26,642 What's going on? 250 00:12:26,768 --> 00:12:29,687 Hey, just curious. 251 00:12:29,812 --> 00:12:31,981 What're you driving up to Middletown for? 252 00:12:32,106 --> 00:12:32,940 Why do you care? 253 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,025 LEE: Why does he care? 254 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:35,526 Because I'm your friend. 255 00:12:35,651 --> 00:12:37,695 - I was buying a guitar. - Yeah. I heard that. 256 00:12:37,820 --> 00:12:41,074 Used to belong to a guitarist who died in a motorcycle accident. 257 00:12:41,199 --> 00:12:43,785 Just reeks of you screwing with people. 258 00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:48,331 Your crash was 10 miles from the Orange County Progressive Pain Clinic. 259 00:12:48,456 --> 00:12:50,500 You live 10 miles from Mary's Dress Shop. 260 00:12:50,625 --> 00:12:52,335 And yet, that's not even on my list of reasons 261 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:54,420 that I think you're secretly a transvestite. 262 00:12:54,545 --> 00:12:58,341 If you're going to another state to get more narcotics... 263 00:12:58,466 --> 00:12:59,300 LEE: He's on drugs? 264 00:12:59,425 --> 00:13:02,261 I went to visit your ex-ex-ex wife who lives in Thompson Ridge. 265 00:13:02,387 --> 00:13:04,931 Let her know about the extra money you're making on the lecture circuit, 266 00:13:05,056 --> 00:13:07,392 so she'll be sure to adjust your alimony. 267 00:13:07,517 --> 00:13:08,768 You wouldn't do that. 268 00:13:08,893 --> 00:13:10,520 Yeah, I wouldn't do that. 269 00:13:10,645 --> 00:13:11,771 Would you? 270 00:13:11,896 --> 00:13:13,231 LEE: You guys are friends? 271 00:13:17,068 --> 00:13:19,529 Shouldn't we be entertaining our patient? 272 00:13:19,654 --> 00:13:23,533 I performed Euripides with sock puppets, you just missed it. 273 00:13:23,658 --> 00:13:25,410 House said we should. 274 00:13:25,535 --> 00:13:26,828 The mind is like a muscle. 275 00:13:26,953 --> 00:13:29,956 If you don't exercise it, it'll atrophy, just like anything else. 276 00:13:30,081 --> 00:13:33,209 Whoever's with him needs to talk, keep his mind active. 277 00:13:33,334 --> 00:13:36,254 And it'll show House you still care. 278 00:13:36,379 --> 00:13:37,547 Not sure if I do. 279 00:13:37,672 --> 00:13:39,340 LEE: Jeez, you're my doctor. 280 00:13:39,465 --> 00:13:40,716 KUTNER: Then why don't you just quit? 281 00:13:40,842 --> 00:13:42,510 - Not sure I want to do that, either. - Oh. 282 00:13:43,845 --> 00:13:46,722 Maybe you should figure it out before House figures it out for you. 283 00:13:46,848 --> 00:13:50,810 LEE: Dude, maybe you should have your midlife crisis after I'm better. 284 00:13:50,935 --> 00:13:52,353 Kutner. 285 00:13:54,522 --> 00:13:55,648 We'll be right back. 286 00:13:55,773 --> 00:13:58,651 LEE: Wait. Wait, what did you just see? 287 00:14:04,782 --> 00:14:06,117 Do you drink? 288 00:14:06,242 --> 00:14:09,162 He's a roofer, alcohol hardly proves your theory. 289 00:14:09,287 --> 00:14:11,080 Marchiafava-Bignami disease fits. 290 00:14:11,205 --> 00:14:12,206 LFT's are normal. 291 00:14:12,331 --> 00:14:15,376 LEE: Speak English. Is it fixable? What does that mean? 292 00:14:15,501 --> 00:14:16,335 That hurts. 293 00:14:16,461 --> 00:14:17,962 THIRTEEN: No tremors. 294 00:14:18,087 --> 00:14:19,922 How much do you drink? A six-pack a day? 295 00:14:20,047 --> 00:14:21,466 LEE: I hate beer. I don't even drink beer. 296 00:14:21,591 --> 00:14:22,508 Could mean he drinks more or less, 297 00:14:22,633 --> 00:14:23,593 or maybe something else. 298 00:14:23,718 --> 00:14:24,969 KUTNER: It may not be alcohol at all. 299 00:14:25,094 --> 00:14:26,471 Street opiates could also cause locked-in... 300 00:14:26,596 --> 00:14:27,430 LEE: I don't get high. 301 00:14:27,555 --> 00:14:28,389 ...MPPP. 302 00:14:28,514 --> 00:14:31,267 Either we play 20,000 questions with every street drug, 303 00:14:31,392 --> 00:14:34,562 or instead of talking to him, we talk to the lesion. 304 00:14:34,687 --> 00:14:35,521 LEE: Talk to me. 305 00:14:35,646 --> 00:14:38,399 TAUB: We're going to biopsy the brain stem? 306 00:14:38,524 --> 00:14:41,444 For the record, that doesn't count as your inspired idea. 307 00:14:41,569 --> 00:14:42,612 It's sort of where I was heading. 308 00:14:42,737 --> 00:14:45,531 LEE: You're gonna cut into my head? Why? 309 00:14:46,491 --> 00:14:48,534 Stop treating me like a piece of furniture! 310 00:14:48,659 --> 00:14:50,620 I have a right to know what's going on! 311 00:14:56,292 --> 00:14:57,710 Where is that going? 312 00:14:57,835 --> 00:15:00,254 Blood in your urine clogged up your old catheter. 313 00:15:00,379 --> 00:15:04,175 LEE: Peeing blood? That must be what the insecure doctor saw. 314 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:07,220 Every clue gets us closer to the answer. 315 00:15:08,387 --> 00:15:09,222 LEE: Damn it! 316 00:15:09,347 --> 00:15:11,474 The surgery will get us more clues. 317 00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:19,690 You have visitors. 318 00:15:23,194 --> 00:15:26,030 LEE: No. No, Molly. 319 00:15:26,155 --> 00:15:27,448 You can come in now. 320 00:15:27,573 --> 00:15:29,659 - Daddy. - Daddy. 321 00:15:29,784 --> 00:15:31,452 LEE: I told you not to bring them. 322 00:15:31,577 --> 00:15:33,454 They wanted to see their father. 323 00:15:35,748 --> 00:15:37,500 LEE: I can't even hug them. 324 00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:40,294 They can handle it. It's gonna be all right. 325 00:15:40,419 --> 00:15:42,755 LEE: You're not so sure anymore, are you? 326 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:47,009 They must have told you that it's dangerous, that I could die. 327 00:15:47,635 --> 00:15:49,387 And that's why you brought them in here. 328 00:15:49,512 --> 00:15:50,930 I got an A plus on my test. 329 00:15:51,055 --> 00:15:52,974 LEE: To see me before I die. 330 00:15:53,099 --> 00:15:54,141 I love you, Daddy. 331 00:15:54,267 --> 00:15:55,643 LEE: Daddy loves you, too. 332 00:15:55,768 --> 00:15:58,646 I want to show my drawings. 333 00:15:58,771 --> 00:16:03,651 LEE: Kids just want a dad. Even if he's just a lump. 334 00:16:04,944 --> 00:16:06,070 Maybe you should go now. 335 00:16:06,195 --> 00:16:09,156 LEE: Oh no, they can stay. Please, let them stay. 336 00:16:09,615 --> 00:16:11,450 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 337 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:13,869 Bye, Daddy. 338 00:16:16,664 --> 00:16:18,040 Bye, Daddy. 339 00:16:23,337 --> 00:16:26,340 Sorry. You were crying. 340 00:16:27,550 --> 00:16:28,801 LEE: Damn. 341 00:16:35,933 --> 00:16:39,186 We're going to put you out, just so we can drill the hole. 342 00:16:39,312 --> 00:16:42,106 LEE: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you. 343 00:16:42,690 --> 00:16:44,859 Then we'll wake you back up. 344 00:16:44,984 --> 00:16:47,695 We need you to answer some simple "yes" or "no" questions 345 00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:48,821 while we're cutting to make sure 346 00:16:48,946 --> 00:16:49,780 we're not cutting where we shouldn't. 347 00:16:49,905 --> 00:16:50,865 LEE: Seems to be working. 348 00:16:50,990 --> 00:16:55,786 Deep breaths. In about 10 seconds, you will feel light headed. 349 00:16:56,871 --> 00:17:00,207 By now, you should be floating high... 350 00:17:02,168 --> 00:17:04,503 (ALL LAUGHING) 351 00:17:11,677 --> 00:17:13,512 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 352 00:17:19,393 --> 00:17:21,062 How come I'm not better? 353 00:17:21,354 --> 00:17:24,106 God's not supposed to work in trial and error. 354 00:17:24,231 --> 00:17:26,359 God's mistakes are well documented. 355 00:17:26,484 --> 00:17:27,985 If he'd done everything right the first time, 356 00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:30,738 there'd have been one plague and zero great floods. 357 00:17:30,863 --> 00:17:32,907 Those were because of human mistakes. 358 00:17:33,032 --> 00:17:35,284 You think your doctor has an apartment on Mount Olympus? 359 00:17:35,451 --> 00:17:37,370 God put me with you for a reason. 360 00:17:37,495 --> 00:17:39,246 I'm gonna be all right still, right? 361 00:17:41,457 --> 00:17:42,708 I don't know. 362 00:17:48,381 --> 00:17:50,800 Lee? You with me now? 363 00:17:54,345 --> 00:17:56,222 Easy questions. 364 00:17:56,931 --> 00:17:58,891 You'll be done before you know it. 365 00:17:59,016 --> 00:18:00,893 Is this equation correct? 366 00:18:01,018 --> 00:18:02,603 LEE: What? So if you make a mistake, 367 00:18:02,728 --> 00:18:04,814 I'm not gonna know that anymore? 368 00:18:04,939 --> 00:18:06,482 Are these lines parallel? 369 00:18:07,358 --> 00:18:09,902 Spatial relationship's intact. 370 00:18:10,027 --> 00:18:11,362 Take a look at this circle. 371 00:18:12,655 --> 00:18:14,281 Is more than half of it shaded? 372 00:18:14,407 --> 00:18:15,783 LEE: Of course. 373 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:19,704 Don't forget to blink. ls more than half of the circle shaded? 374 00:18:19,829 --> 00:18:21,622 LEE: Sorry. Yes. 375 00:18:21,747 --> 00:18:22,998 Look at me, Lee. 376 00:18:23,124 --> 00:18:26,335 Again. ls more than half of this circle shaded? 377 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:28,462 Blink. Come on, Lee. Blink. 378 00:18:28,587 --> 00:18:29,505 Foreman, back out. 379 00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:31,674 LEE: I can't blink. Cannot blink. 380 00:18:37,972 --> 00:18:39,515 MOLLY: Why aren't his eyes moving? 381 00:18:41,142 --> 00:18:44,228 HOUSE: Two options, my neurologist screwed up, 382 00:18:44,353 --> 00:18:46,480 or else something that the hospital lawyer 383 00:18:46,605 --> 00:18:47,940 is going to have to come up with when you sue us. 384 00:18:48,065 --> 00:18:49,150 FOREMAN: Blinking and eye movements 385 00:18:49,275 --> 00:18:51,152 are controlled by a small cluster of nerves 386 00:18:51,277 --> 00:18:53,320 just millimeters from the biopsy site. 387 00:18:54,155 --> 00:18:56,449 MOLLY: But he's still in there, right? I mean, he just can't communicate? 388 00:18:56,574 --> 00:18:57,658 HOUSE: It's possible. 389 00:18:57,783 --> 00:19:01,162 Also possible is that the surgery caused so much swelling in his brain stem 390 00:19:01,287 --> 00:19:02,455 that he's just gone. 391 00:19:04,081 --> 00:19:08,127 He had one way to communicate and now that's gone. Well played. 392 00:19:08,544 --> 00:19:10,838 Brain biopsy revealed severe damage to the myelin sheath. 393 00:19:10,963 --> 00:19:12,214 The question is why. 394 00:19:12,339 --> 00:19:15,050 Epstein Barr. Picornaviruses. Malaria. 395 00:19:15,176 --> 00:19:18,429 He runs a business, meets a lot of people, could have picked up rotavirus. 396 00:19:18,554 --> 00:19:20,181 Did he report having bloody diarrhea? 397 00:19:20,306 --> 00:19:22,224 Wife's not sure. Says he doesn't complain. 398 00:19:22,349 --> 00:19:23,184 Did you ask him? 399 00:19:23,309 --> 00:19:24,143 THIRTEEN: We prioritized. 400 00:19:24,268 --> 00:19:26,395 He can only blink, a real history would've taken weeks. 401 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,564 If he had Epstein-Barr, he'd have belly pains. 402 00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:30,691 If he had picornavirus, he'd have headaches. 403 00:19:30,816 --> 00:19:32,026 Five other "yes/no" questions, 404 00:19:32,151 --> 00:19:34,111 and maybe we'd know what treatment to give, 405 00:19:34,236 --> 00:19:36,030 and what treatment would kill him. 406 00:19:36,489 --> 00:19:38,073 Unless he's already dead. 407 00:19:38,866 --> 00:19:41,368 Maybe there's another way. 408 00:19:45,664 --> 00:19:50,211 Brain-computer interface, better known as BCI. 409 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,591 The goal is to get you to move that cursor with your mind. 410 00:19:55,716 --> 00:19:58,469 When you think "up", the computer records the pattern. 411 00:19:58,594 --> 00:20:02,306 Think "up" enough times, it eventually learns what you're thinking. 412 00:20:02,431 --> 00:20:05,476 So, start thinking "up." 413 00:20:25,538 --> 00:20:26,872 You in there? 414 00:20:28,874 --> 00:20:30,376 Are you "Yinél? 415 00:20:34,421 --> 00:20:36,006 (SIGHING) 416 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,688 I called the ex-ex-ex-wife. 417 00:20:50,813 --> 00:20:54,108 She was at a sweat lodge in New Mexico last week. 418 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:56,360 What were you really doing in New York? 419 00:20:57,778 --> 00:21:00,865 Know how you hate it when I meddle in your lies? 420 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:03,242 (EXCLAIMS) I mean, your life? 421 00:21:03,367 --> 00:21:04,702 Why are you being so evasive? 422 00:21:04,827 --> 00:21:07,037 Unless you have something to evade. 423 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,373 Interesting. 424 00:21:10,541 --> 00:21:14,169 So it's nothing to do with you, your ex-wife, or my pain. 425 00:21:14,295 --> 00:21:18,215 I was heading to the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. 426 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:21,510 One of your hookers arrange a conjugal visit? 427 00:21:21,635 --> 00:21:23,929 It's where Foreman's brother is being held. 428 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:29,435 (TAUB SIGHING) 429 00:21:30,269 --> 00:21:33,439 This is gonna mean months of sleepless nights wondering 430 00:21:33,564 --> 00:21:35,691 if I could've done something differently. 431 00:21:36,275 --> 00:21:39,445 Maybe it's not that I'm sick of House, 432 00:21:39,570 --> 00:21:42,740 it's that I'm sick of being scared 433 00:21:42,865 --> 00:21:46,327 out of my mind to go to work every day. 434 00:21:51,332 --> 00:21:52,583 Sorry. 435 00:21:56,337 --> 00:21:57,671 (MACHINE BEEPS) 436 00:22:01,258 --> 00:22:02,426 Did that just... 437 00:22:04,261 --> 00:22:05,596 Was that you? 438 00:22:08,057 --> 00:22:09,433 (MACHINE BEEPS) 439 00:22:17,274 --> 00:22:19,318 (CRYING) 440 00:22:22,988 --> 00:22:24,615 Are you really in there? 441 00:22:31,246 --> 00:22:32,748 (LAUGHS) 442 00:22:32,873 --> 00:22:34,917 I knew you were in there. 443 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:36,210 LEE: I was scared. 444 00:22:36,335 --> 00:22:37,711 Thank God. 445 00:22:37,836 --> 00:22:39,213 (SIGHING) 446 00:22:39,463 --> 00:22:41,256 LEE: I am scared. 447 00:22:42,049 --> 00:22:43,926 Molly, I love you so much. 448 00:22:45,886 --> 00:22:48,806 Have you had any bloody diarrhea in the last two weeks? 449 00:22:48,931 --> 00:22:50,224 (BEEPING "No-q 450 00:22:50,349 --> 00:22:51,767 Rotavirus out. 451 00:22:51,892 --> 00:22:53,560 Any recent joint pain? 452 00:22:53,686 --> 00:22:54,520 (BEEPING "No-q 453 00:22:54,645 --> 00:22:55,688 Epstein-Barr's out. 454 00:22:55,813 --> 00:22:58,190 Have you traveled out of the country lately? 455 00:22:58,315 --> 00:23:00,109 What about inside the country? 456 00:23:00,234 --> 00:23:01,860 (CONTINUES BEEPING "NO") 457 00:23:01,986 --> 00:23:03,696 He was in St. Louis. 458 00:23:06,782 --> 00:23:08,283 Good. 459 00:23:08,575 --> 00:23:12,204 Could be Missouri malaria. We'll start treatment. 460 00:23:13,872 --> 00:23:15,207 (BEEPS "No-q 461 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,210 (STAMMERS) He was there. 462 00:23:19,253 --> 00:23:21,171 The machine must not be working. 463 00:23:21,505 --> 00:23:22,798 Hmm. 464 00:23:22,923 --> 00:23:25,009 Either that or he lied to you about it. 465 00:23:25,217 --> 00:23:26,927 People do that sometimes. 466 00:23:27,469 --> 00:23:30,472 For example, I just lied to him about Missouri malaria. 467 00:23:36,228 --> 00:23:38,272 Did you go to St. Louis? 468 00:23:39,982 --> 00:23:44,236 LEE: I should've told you. Why didn't I just tell you? 469 00:23:45,362 --> 00:23:46,405 Down. 470 00:23:46,864 --> 00:23:48,323 (MACHINE BEEPS "NO") 471 00:23:56,206 --> 00:23:59,084 When you weren't in St. Louis for two days, 472 00:23:59,251 --> 00:24:02,254 I assume you were getting some strange for two days. 473 00:24:02,671 --> 00:24:04,006 LEE: So does she. 474 00:24:04,131 --> 00:24:06,050 You have to tell her I wasn't. 475 00:24:06,175 --> 00:24:07,593 Amazing. 476 00:24:08,677 --> 00:24:12,014 A man who only has two blips at his disposal can still lie. 477 00:24:12,139 --> 00:24:13,682 LEE: I'm not lying. 478 00:24:13,807 --> 00:24:16,268 If you were getting some really strange strange, 479 00:24:16,393 --> 00:24:18,771 you could have contracted neurosyphilis. 480 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:21,565 Infection went to your brain, froze you right up. 481 00:24:21,690 --> 00:24:23,567 Good news is, it's treatable. 482 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,279 You'll be up and moving in time to sign the divorce papers. 483 00:24:27,404 --> 00:24:29,364 LEE: Why would I tell you the truth about being in St. Louis 484 00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:31,658 and then not tell you the truth about this? 485 00:24:32,659 --> 00:24:36,205 TAUB: He just admitted he wasn't in St. Louis in front of his wife. 486 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:39,416 And you think he's lying when she's not even in here? 487 00:24:39,541 --> 00:24:42,377 LEE: I'm liking this one more and more. Don't fire him. 488 00:24:43,837 --> 00:24:45,756 Were you out of the state? 489 00:24:45,881 --> 00:24:47,466 LEE: I never left. 490 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:50,928 Were you within 20 miles of your house? 491 00:24:51,053 --> 00:24:52,971 LEE: Yes. 492 00:24:53,097 --> 00:24:55,099 HOUSE: Were you within five miles? 493 00:24:55,224 --> 00:24:56,642 LEE: Yes. 494 00:24:56,767 --> 00:24:57,976 Within two miles? 495 00:24:58,102 --> 00:24:59,394 Yes. 496 00:25:01,063 --> 00:25:02,773 Did you stay at a hotel? 497 00:25:04,358 --> 00:25:05,526 No. 498 00:25:06,568 --> 00:25:09,530 You had to sleep somewhere. Your car? 499 00:25:10,906 --> 00:25:12,157 No. 500 00:25:13,534 --> 00:25:14,868 A friend's house? 501 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,496 Yes. 502 00:25:18,122 --> 00:25:19,373 Yes. 503 00:25:19,915 --> 00:25:23,919 That narrows it down, depending on how popular you are. 504 00:25:24,044 --> 00:25:26,713 Tell the wife to stop crying, get in here. 505 00:25:30,926 --> 00:25:34,930 He says that when he was supposed to be in St. Louis, 506 00:25:35,055 --> 00:25:36,348 he was staying at a friend's house. 507 00:25:37,015 --> 00:25:38,892 - Really? - Yes. 508 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,854 Let's assume that you believe him for the moment. 509 00:25:41,979 --> 00:25:43,730 Name your friends within two miles. 510 00:25:43,856 --> 00:25:45,774 Martin and Kim's? 511 00:25:45,899 --> 00:25:46,859 No. 512 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,362 Guess someone who doesn't have a wife. 513 00:25:52,447 --> 00:25:54,074 - Dave? - Yes. 514 00:25:56,952 --> 00:25:58,162 You got an address? 515 00:25:59,538 --> 00:26:00,956 TAUB: If this is where he got sick, 516 00:26:01,081 --> 00:26:03,375 someone else here should have symptoms. 517 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,170 Not if Lee was the only one coming down to the basement. 518 00:26:06,295 --> 00:26:09,131 Furnace is rusty but no gas leaks. 519 00:26:09,256 --> 00:26:11,258 Résumés and cover letters here. 520 00:26:11,592 --> 00:26:15,470 Some are weeks old, he's been spending time here for a while. 521 00:26:17,764 --> 00:26:19,516 Business wasn't going good. 522 00:26:20,559 --> 00:26:22,644 I didn't want you and the kids to worry. 523 00:26:26,190 --> 00:26:27,941 I was trying to protect you. 524 00:26:32,070 --> 00:26:33,322 Molly... 525 00:26:35,657 --> 00:26:38,410 I wish you could hear me. 526 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,663 I wish I could make all of this better. 527 00:26:43,081 --> 00:26:45,042 Looks like he temped a few times. 528 00:26:45,167 --> 00:26:48,295 As a janitor. Factory out on Route 10. 529 00:26:52,633 --> 00:26:53,926 (METALLIC CLANGING) 530 00:26:54,051 --> 00:26:56,970 TAUB: The factory foreman says they make rechargeable batteries, 531 00:26:57,179 --> 00:26:58,180 mostly for cell phones. 532 00:26:58,305 --> 00:27:02,017 Big step down from running your own business to sweeping up. 533 00:27:02,142 --> 00:27:04,311 Doing what I had to do. 534 00:27:04,436 --> 00:27:05,896 KUTNER: Metal filings. 535 00:27:06,980 --> 00:27:09,107 Judging by the color, I'd say cadmium. 536 00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:12,527 Which he'd aerosolize with the broom, then right into his lungs. 537 00:27:12,653 --> 00:27:14,863 Heavy metal poisoning explains everything. 538 00:27:28,210 --> 00:27:31,296 The chelation will scrub the heavy metals out of your blood. 539 00:27:31,421 --> 00:27:32,547 If we're right about the cause, 540 00:27:32,673 --> 00:27:34,883 we should see some movement in about a day or so. 541 00:27:35,008 --> 00:27:36,927 LEE: Can you put this thing on turbo? 542 00:27:37,052 --> 00:27:38,637 Getting a little anxious in here. 543 00:27:38,762 --> 00:27:41,139 Somebody will be here at all times 544 00:27:41,265 --> 00:27:45,852 to irrigate your eyes, keep you company. 545 00:27:45,978 --> 00:27:47,813 Hopefully help make the time go quicker. 546 00:27:47,938 --> 00:27:49,856 LEE: My eyes still feel really dry. 547 00:27:49,982 --> 00:27:53,485 Thank you for thinking "up". 548 00:27:53,986 --> 00:27:56,238 For helping me find you in there. 549 00:27:57,823 --> 00:27:59,616 Man, when you moved that cursor... 550 00:28:00,075 --> 00:28:02,619 (CHUCKLES) 551 00:28:11,295 --> 00:28:14,840 Bought my first girlfriend a necklace, it was silver. 552 00:28:15,507 --> 00:28:19,511 Cost 180 bucks. Had to save for six months. 553 00:28:20,262 --> 00:28:21,471 She hated it. 554 00:28:21,596 --> 00:28:23,682 LEE: Really, seriously, would you tell this story 555 00:28:23,807 --> 00:28:25,434 to someone who could walk away? 556 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:27,894 Never bought another girlfriend jewelry again. 557 00:28:30,731 --> 00:28:31,606 Until Dr. Hadley. 558 00:28:31,732 --> 00:28:34,609 LEE: You're dating her? You might want to start all your stories with that. 559 00:28:34,735 --> 00:28:37,738 Same thing. She didn't even wear it. 560 00:28:37,863 --> 00:28:40,115 LEE: The diamond thing? She was wearing it the other day. 561 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,617 If she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it. 562 00:28:42,743 --> 00:28:44,578 Apparently, I suck at picking out jewelry, 563 00:28:44,703 --> 00:28:46,204 but at least have the guts to tell me. 564 00:28:46,330 --> 00:28:48,415 LEE: Okay, getting boring again. 565 00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:51,251 How long till we know if this treatment is working? 566 00:28:53,795 --> 00:28:55,213 You lied to me. 567 00:28:55,339 --> 00:28:57,174 LEE: I wasn't having an affair! 568 00:28:57,299 --> 00:29:00,469 So, we needed money, who cares? 569 00:29:00,594 --> 00:29:03,472 LEE: The last time business was slow, you got migraines every day. 570 00:29:03,597 --> 00:29:04,473 Why would you do that to me? 571 00:29:04,639 --> 00:29:06,808 LEE: I'm sorry, I was stupid, I was... 572 00:29:06,933 --> 00:29:09,227 Don't go. Don't... Damn it! Somebody put 573 00:29:09,353 --> 00:29:11,813 "I'm sorry" on this stupid computer. 574 00:29:12,731 --> 00:29:14,733 My eye is killing me. 575 00:29:24,117 --> 00:29:25,660 I want to keep my job. 576 00:29:26,912 --> 00:29:30,791 Great. All you gotta do is come up with a good idea. 577 00:29:31,708 --> 00:29:35,796 How about we hook the guy's brain to a computer so he can communicate? 578 00:29:35,921 --> 00:29:37,422 That's a great idea. 579 00:29:38,340 --> 00:29:41,676 For the guy who invented the computer that can read minds. 580 00:29:41,802 --> 00:29:43,553 Your idea was to use his idea. 581 00:29:43,678 --> 00:29:46,515 You didn't come up with it. No one else came up with it. 582 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,101 If I didn't re-establish communication, we never would have found... 583 00:29:49,226 --> 00:29:52,479 What's interesting is why you're here now. 584 00:29:52,604 --> 00:29:54,648 Not when I gave you the ultimatum. 585 00:29:54,773 --> 00:29:56,608 Was it something the patient said? 586 00:30:02,864 --> 00:30:07,953 I realized that what we do here terrifies me. 587 00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:13,875 And overcoming that 588 00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:16,753 is the only way I can matter. 589 00:30:22,092 --> 00:30:24,344 Kutner found the battery factory, 590 00:30:24,469 --> 00:30:26,346 Kutner came up with cadmium. 591 00:30:27,722 --> 00:30:29,474 Maybe you don't matter. 592 00:30:45,866 --> 00:30:48,201 I'm gonna close your eyes so you can get some sleep. 593 00:30:48,326 --> 00:30:51,079 Hopefully, when you wake up, we'll see some improvement. 594 00:30:51,204 --> 00:30:53,623 LEE: Hope that includes my eye feeling better. 595 00:30:58,295 --> 00:30:59,796 Hand me the fluorescein stain. 596 00:30:59,921 --> 00:31:01,006 LEE: What does that mean? 597 00:31:01,131 --> 00:31:02,799 Epithelium looks torn. 598 00:31:04,968 --> 00:31:06,344 These drops sting. 599 00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:08,972 I'm going to close your left eye to keep it protected. 600 00:31:20,859 --> 00:31:22,194 (LEE GROANING) 601 00:31:25,530 --> 00:31:28,575 I'm gonna blink your eye a few times to distribute the dye. 602 00:31:36,958 --> 00:31:38,668 Ulcerative keratitis. 603 00:31:39,794 --> 00:31:41,630 It means it's not cadmium poisoning. 604 00:31:41,755 --> 00:31:44,966 LEE: Which means you don't know what's wrong. 605 00:31:45,550 --> 00:31:46,843 Again. 606 00:31:58,271 --> 00:32:01,650 When was the last time you changed that dressing? 607 00:32:01,775 --> 00:32:03,443 Judging by the smell of it, I'd say never. 608 00:32:03,568 --> 00:32:04,903 (CLEARS THROAT) 609 00:32:05,028 --> 00:32:06,321 (SIGHING) 610 00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:10,825 He's locked-in, his kidneys blew a fuse, 611 00:32:11,868 --> 00:32:13,995 and now his eye's oozing pus. 612 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,830 I assume you went over all that with your team. 613 00:32:15,956 --> 00:32:17,707 Also assume they didn't have any brilliant ideas 614 00:32:17,832 --> 00:32:19,918 or you wouldn't still be muttering to yourself. 615 00:32:20,043 --> 00:32:21,336 This is gonna hurt. 616 00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:22,629 0w! 617 00:32:24,631 --> 00:32:27,008 The way he's losing his myelin 618 00:32:27,133 --> 00:32:28,969 makes an infection most likely. 619 00:32:29,094 --> 00:32:30,595 Could be varicella. 620 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,765 Road debris has come to the surface. I'm gonna have to scrub it out. 621 00:32:33,890 --> 00:32:36,101 And the initial acyclovir would've treated that. 622 00:32:36,226 --> 00:32:39,354 Which pushes me towards an auto-immune disease. 623 00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:40,689 Like Behcet's. 624 00:32:40,814 --> 00:32:42,774 Here, this is gonna hurt even more. 625 00:32:42,899 --> 00:32:44,776 Take two now, two later. 626 00:32:47,237 --> 00:32:48,446 Oops. 627 00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:51,866 (SIGHING) 628 00:32:52,325 --> 00:32:53,660 (EXCLAIMING) 629 00:32:55,161 --> 00:32:56,580 (EXHALING) 630 00:32:57,914 --> 00:33:00,333 Of course, if the varicella was resistant, 631 00:33:00,458 --> 00:33:02,335 it wouldn't matter what they did up in Middletown. 632 00:33:02,460 --> 00:33:03,628 Do an LP. 633 00:33:05,922 --> 00:33:07,924 You've been in the ER too long. 634 00:33:08,049 --> 00:33:09,134 When the patient had a head trauma, 635 00:33:09,259 --> 00:33:11,886 white blood cells only indicate that he had head trauma. 636 00:33:12,012 --> 00:33:14,306 Or you could use the LP for something useful. 637 00:33:14,431 --> 00:33:18,226 If you find polys, it's varicella, lymph's, Behcet's. 638 00:33:21,563 --> 00:33:22,939 Why did I fire you again? 639 00:33:23,064 --> 00:33:24,899 You didn't. I quit. 640 00:33:32,115 --> 00:33:34,576 You weren't visiting Foreman's brother either. 641 00:33:35,243 --> 00:33:38,913 Busy. Kutner's doing an LP so I have to focus. 642 00:33:39,873 --> 00:33:42,125 I had prison security check visitor logs, phone records, 643 00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:44,711 you've never had any contact with anyone at Fishkill. 644 00:33:44,836 --> 00:33:46,671 So I ask again, 645 00:33:47,422 --> 00:33:49,841 what were you doing up in Middletown? 646 00:33:51,593 --> 00:33:54,346 You know what's more interesting than what I was doing? 647 00:33:54,471 --> 00:33:58,099 The reason you are so obsessed with what I was doing. 648 00:33:58,224 --> 00:33:59,225 Stop deflecting, House. 649 00:33:59,351 --> 00:34:00,727 Says the deflector. 650 00:34:00,852 --> 00:34:02,562 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 651 00:34:04,064 --> 00:34:07,942 The reason I was up there is the reason you're scared I was up there. 652 00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:11,321 I was checking out your dirty little secret. 653 00:34:12,656 --> 00:34:14,908 How long have you been sleeping with her? 654 00:34:17,744 --> 00:34:19,371 (EXCLAIMS) 655 00:34:19,496 --> 00:34:20,914 How did you know? 656 00:34:21,039 --> 00:34:24,084 Your only secrets are the girls you find embarrassing. 657 00:34:24,209 --> 00:34:26,252 And the only embarrassing girl you've met recently 658 00:34:26,378 --> 00:34:28,630 is the one at your brother's cuckoo facility. 659 00:34:28,755 --> 00:34:30,173 We've only been out a few times. 660 00:34:30,298 --> 00:34:34,260 She's a caregiver. Like all your other failed exes. 661 00:34:34,386 --> 00:34:37,055 And someone who takes care of your brother. 662 00:34:37,180 --> 00:34:39,349 Who was the last person that took care of your brother? 663 00:34:39,474 --> 00:34:41,226 (LAUGHING) 664 00:34:41,351 --> 00:34:42,644 You think this is oedipal? 665 00:34:42,769 --> 00:34:45,105 Actually I was thinking masturbatory, 666 00:34:45,230 --> 00:34:47,482 but I guess your mom took care of him first. 667 00:34:47,607 --> 00:34:51,695 So the safe course is to gouge your eyes out. 668 00:34:56,074 --> 00:34:57,409 (SIGHING) 669 00:34:58,702 --> 00:35:00,995 LP stands for lumbar puncture. 670 00:35:01,121 --> 00:35:03,873 We use this needle to collect fluid from your spine. 671 00:35:03,998 --> 00:35:05,792 LEE: That's a really big needle. 672 00:35:05,917 --> 00:35:07,752 You're going to feel some extreme pressure in your back. 673 00:35:07,877 --> 00:35:10,964 I already feel pressure in my front. My chest hurts. 674 00:35:11,089 --> 00:35:11,965 ...sort of a fetal position... 675 00:35:12,090 --> 00:35:12,966 LEE: Something's wrong. 676 00:35:13,091 --> 00:35:14,092 ...the best angle into your spine. 677 00:35:14,217 --> 00:35:15,802 LEE: (SLURS) No, my chest. 678 00:35:15,927 --> 00:35:18,680 Something's wrong. I think I'm... 679 00:35:18,805 --> 00:35:19,639 FOREMAN: Pull the needle out! 680 00:35:19,764 --> 00:35:21,015 LEE: Oh, God, I'm flatlining. 681 00:35:22,225 --> 00:35:23,435 Call a Code. 682 00:35:26,980 --> 00:35:28,898 (DEFIBRILLATOR CHARGING) 683 00:35:34,112 --> 00:35:35,947 There is no God. 684 00:35:37,073 --> 00:35:39,075 You don't know what's wrong with me. 685 00:35:40,869 --> 00:35:42,370 Doesn't seem that way. 686 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,373 So am I dead? 687 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,208 Not yet. 688 00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:50,044 (EKG ALARM BLARING) 689 00:35:50,628 --> 00:35:52,213 But you're about to be. 690 00:35:52,714 --> 00:35:53,757 LEE: Okay. 691 00:35:57,135 --> 00:35:58,178 Charging. Clear. 692 00:35:59,721 --> 00:36:01,222 Again. Clear. 693 00:36:02,015 --> 00:36:03,099 He's back. 694 00:36:03,224 --> 00:36:07,312 LEE: No. No. Let me go. 695 00:36:07,437 --> 00:36:08,730 LEE: You can't fix me. 696 00:36:08,855 --> 00:36:11,858 I've been here for three days. Everything hurts. 697 00:36:12,025 --> 00:36:13,109 We need to get him started on steroids. 698 00:36:13,234 --> 00:36:16,905 LEE: It's okay. Just stop fighting. 699 00:36:17,363 --> 00:36:19,282 LEE: She's gotta go on with her life. 700 00:36:21,743 --> 00:36:25,955 The kids don't need this. I can't do nothing for them. I can't. 701 00:36:26,706 --> 00:36:31,002 God, this foot. Oh, that really, really itches. 702 00:36:31,127 --> 00:36:33,004 So we put in a temporary pacer, it's not gonna... 703 00:36:33,129 --> 00:36:34,297 Shut up! Shut up! 704 00:36:34,422 --> 00:36:37,175 (MACHINE BEEPING) 705 00:36:37,342 --> 00:36:38,718 He's trying to talk. 706 00:36:43,014 --> 00:36:44,349 Something bothering you? 707 00:36:46,059 --> 00:36:48,561 If there's still tightness in your chest, it's expected. 708 00:36:48,686 --> 00:36:49,979 Is it your eye? 709 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:53,608 (MACHINE BEEPS THREE TIMES) 710 00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:57,237 Why's he saying "no" three times? You only asked one question. 711 00:36:57,362 --> 00:36:58,488 Maybe he's not saying "no". 712 00:36:58,613 --> 00:37:00,323 Maybe he's saying "down"? 713 00:37:05,453 --> 00:37:07,372 Are you saying that the pain is lower? 714 00:37:07,831 --> 00:37:09,165 How low? Your leg? 715 00:37:09,874 --> 00:37:10,834 Your foot? 716 00:37:13,294 --> 00:37:14,671 Left foot? 717 00:37:15,046 --> 00:37:16,297 (MACHINE BEEPS "NO") 718 00:37:16,422 --> 00:37:19,592 Check his... Let me see now. Yeah. His right foot. 719 00:37:19,717 --> 00:37:21,261 No bruises, no rashes, no cuts. 720 00:37:21,386 --> 00:37:23,805 Then there should be no pain. 721 00:37:23,930 --> 00:37:25,765 Is it a tingling sensation? 722 00:37:26,933 --> 00:37:28,268 Is it itching? 723 00:37:28,393 --> 00:37:29,602 (MACHINE BEEPS "YES") 724 00:37:32,856 --> 00:37:35,733 Itchy foot means liver failure. 725 00:37:35,859 --> 00:37:38,736 TAUB: The liver's fine, his enzymes have been normal since we admitted him. 726 00:37:38,862 --> 00:37:40,655 I didn't say failing, I said failure. 727 00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:42,198 Just like you. 728 00:37:42,866 --> 00:37:45,034 Liver's like a cruise ship taking on water. 729 00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:46,995 As it starts to sink, it sends out an SOS. 730 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,747 Only instead of radio waves, it uses enzymes. 731 00:37:49,873 --> 00:37:52,417 The more enzymes in the blood, the worse the liver is. 732 00:37:52,542 --> 00:37:55,920 But once the ship has sunk, there's no more SOS. 733 00:37:56,045 --> 00:37:59,048 You think the liver's fine, but it's already at the bottom of the sea. 734 00:37:59,173 --> 00:38:00,633 So dying liver released toxins, 735 00:38:00,758 --> 00:38:03,344 damaged the nerves, led to locked-in syndrome. 736 00:38:03,469 --> 00:38:05,805 Now we just need to know what's causing the liver failure. 737 00:38:05,930 --> 00:38:09,684 Liver plus eye plus kidney, most likely sclerosing cholangitis. 738 00:38:09,809 --> 00:38:12,520 Oh, God, if only Taub had said that, 739 00:38:12,645 --> 00:38:13,980 it would have been a happy ending. 740 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:15,732 Do a biopsy to confirm. 741 00:38:20,612 --> 00:38:24,240 I'm gonna numb up the area where we'll go in for the punch biopsy. 742 00:38:25,116 --> 00:38:26,743 Where's the new bracelet? 743 00:38:27,994 --> 00:38:29,537 She was wearing the bracelet? 744 00:38:29,662 --> 00:38:31,080 You didn't notice that I was wearing it? 745 00:38:31,205 --> 00:38:32,206 Because you weren't. 746 00:38:32,332 --> 00:38:33,708 He noticed and you didn't? 747 00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:35,668 If you don't like it, it's fine, it's not a big deal. 748 00:38:35,793 --> 00:38:37,128 THIRTEEN: I like it. That's the point. 749 00:38:37,253 --> 00:38:39,005 I'd rather have it at home in the jewelry box 750 00:38:39,130 --> 00:38:41,215 than getting peed on at work. 751 00:38:41,341 --> 00:38:42,926 You got the patient's urine on that arm? 752 00:38:43,051 --> 00:38:45,678 When I was putting in the catheter. Why? 753 00:38:45,803 --> 00:38:48,556 - You've got a rash. - The bracelet's real. 754 00:38:48,681 --> 00:38:51,684 I figured. So what if the rash 755 00:38:51,809 --> 00:38:54,771 isn't just a rash, what if it's an infection? 756 00:38:54,896 --> 00:38:57,315 If there were rats in that basement, 757 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,693 then the liver failure could be caused by leptospirosis. 758 00:39:00,818 --> 00:39:04,238 Transfers through urine. Rat pee to him. His pee to you. 759 00:39:04,364 --> 00:39:06,866 The infection would need an entry point. 760 00:39:06,991 --> 00:39:09,369 Look for any recent scratches, cuts. 761 00:39:13,790 --> 00:39:16,834 Look. Next to his fingernail. 762 00:39:20,004 --> 00:39:21,839 The infection destroyed your liver, 763 00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:25,134 which released toxins that caused the locked-in syndrome. 764 00:39:25,385 --> 00:39:26,636 You were dying of a paper cut. 765 00:39:27,053 --> 00:39:28,596 LEE: I hope you're right this time. 766 00:39:28,763 --> 00:39:30,098 Let's start him on high dose penicillin G. 767 00:39:30,473 --> 00:39:33,101 We found rats in your buddy Dave's basement. 768 00:39:33,226 --> 00:39:35,520 Tested positive for leptospirosis. 769 00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:38,064 Means we're on the right treatment. 770 00:39:39,315 --> 00:39:42,819 So try moving a finger. 771 00:39:44,946 --> 00:39:47,407 Your brain needs to get used to doing its job again. 772 00:39:47,532 --> 00:39:48,825 Try harder. 773 00:39:51,077 --> 00:39:53,329 I'm sure you've lost hope. 774 00:39:54,706 --> 00:39:57,125 I know we've told you several times that we knew what this was, 775 00:39:57,250 --> 00:39:59,168 but this time we're right. 776 00:40:00,545 --> 00:40:04,590 Concentrate. Move one finger for me. 777 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:16,853 Welcome back. 778 00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:18,688 (LEE LAUGHS) 779 00:40:18,813 --> 00:40:19,897 LEE: I did it. 780 00:40:27,488 --> 00:40:28,614 Rat pee. 781 00:40:29,657 --> 00:40:31,075 Very nice idea. 782 00:40:32,535 --> 00:40:33,661 Who came up with it? 783 00:40:34,620 --> 00:40:35,913 I did. 784 00:40:39,042 --> 00:40:40,334 Good. 785 00:40:46,716 --> 00:40:49,010 You okay with him claiming the credit? 786 00:40:49,135 --> 00:40:51,471 It was his idea, he saw the rash, he... 787 00:40:51,637 --> 00:40:53,473 If he did, he would have hung 788 00:40:53,598 --> 00:40:56,517 a "Mission Accomplished" banner in my outer office. 789 00:40:58,686 --> 00:41:00,354 Don't toy with him, if you're going to fire him... 790 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,983 Fact that he stole your idea means that he cares enough to lie. 791 00:41:04,942 --> 00:41:06,694 That's all I needed to know. 792 00:41:06,819 --> 00:41:10,281 Rat pee. It's a very nice idea. 793 00:41:13,242 --> 00:41:16,537 House, you left this in my office. 794 00:41:18,581 --> 00:41:20,124 No, I didn't. 795 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,293 So either I have a hole in my pocket... 796 00:41:22,418 --> 00:41:25,254 No, that's right. I remember now. I stole it. 797 00:41:25,379 --> 00:41:28,091 Because if you had gone up there to check out my girlfriend, 798 00:41:28,216 --> 00:41:30,051 you wouldn't have come back here and lied to me about it. 799 00:41:30,176 --> 00:41:31,594 You would have thrown her right in my face. 800 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,222 You underestimate the entertainment value of your obsessions. 801 00:41:34,347 --> 00:41:37,850 And then there were all those calls you weren't taking in front of me. 802 00:41:40,353 --> 00:41:42,897 So I dialed the number of the calls you weren't taking. 803 00:41:43,022 --> 00:41:44,690 You're seeing a psychiatrist. 804 00:41:54,992 --> 00:41:57,578 You had no right to invade my privacy. 805 00:41:59,330 --> 00:42:01,749 - Is that? - Yeah, it's irony. 806 00:42:03,543 --> 00:42:04,710 Hey. 807 00:42:07,338 --> 00:42:10,716 God sent you. 808 00:42:12,468 --> 00:42:15,263 Suddenly, you're not so fascinating. 809 00:42:18,474 --> 00:42:20,768 WILSON: You're spying on your team? 810 00:42:20,893 --> 00:42:22,645 Prioritize, Wilson. 811 00:42:22,770 --> 00:42:24,939 Is that really what you want to torture me about right now? 812 00:42:25,064 --> 00:42:26,274 I don't want to torture you at all. 813 00:42:26,399 --> 00:42:27,567 I think this is a great thing, 814 00:42:27,692 --> 00:42:30,778 not something you have to drive an hour out of town to shroud in mystery. 815 00:42:30,903 --> 00:42:32,738 Yeah, whining on someone's couch 816 00:42:32,864 --> 00:42:34,699 is an excellent use of my time. 817 00:42:34,824 --> 00:42:36,826 Maybe I'll discover that my childhood wasn't perfect. 818 00:42:36,951 --> 00:42:39,620 So your attitude about therapy clearly hasn't changed. 819 00:42:39,745 --> 00:42:41,581 And yet you went. 820 00:42:41,706 --> 00:42:44,584 Which leads me to believe that maybe something else has changed. 821 00:42:44,709 --> 00:42:48,462 Maybe you think you can change. Credit Cuddy with that. 822 00:42:48,588 --> 00:42:51,424 Not much credit to take 'cause I'm not going back. 823 00:42:51,549 --> 00:42:53,176 Oh, House, please. 824 00:42:53,843 --> 00:42:55,678 I assume you went because you're tired of screwing up 825 00:42:55,803 --> 00:42:57,513 every chance you get at happiness. 826 00:42:57,638 --> 00:42:58,639 Delete contact. 827 00:42:59,182 --> 00:43:01,225 Do not let the fact that I found out about it... 828 00:43:01,350 --> 00:43:03,019 (SIGHS) Don't beat yourself up. 829 00:43:03,269 --> 00:43:05,771 I'm not going back because it doesn't work. 830 00:43:10,443 --> 00:43:11,777 You'll end up alone.